Jerzy Kosiński
Acting
June 14, 1933
Died May 3, 1991 (57 years old)
Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]
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Acting Credits
Biography
Jerzy Nikodem Kosiński , born Józef Lewinkopf, was a Polish-American novelist and two-time President of the American Chapter of P.E.N., who wrote primarily in English. For several decades, Kosinski was famous as a wit, a great raconteur, and a media celebrity. His first three novels were big hits. However, in June 22, 1982, "Jerzy Kosinski's Tainted Words," an article by Geoffrey Stokes and Eliot Fremont-Smith in The Village Voice, accused Jerzy Kosinski of plagiarism and dishonesty. 'The Painte...
Known For
Filmography
Sex, Lies and Jerzy Kosinski
1995
2
The Painted Boy
1995
as Self/Writer
A Fool and His Money
1989
as Bettler
4.3
Łódź Ghetto
1989
as Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski
8
The Statue of Liberty
1985
as Self - Writer
6.9
Reds
1981
as Grigory Zinoviev
6.9
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
6.8
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
7.5